Date

Fishery

26/08/2008

Butterstone Loch

Yet again Butterstone like most others has had mixed weather conditions making the fishing interestingly wet. Intermediate lines are still the recommended line but floating lines and midge tips are still taking good no’s of fish. Fly choice remains the same with small dark traditional wets being the ultimate killers the likes of Bibio’s, Connemara black, Black Pennell, also taking fish are small dark snatchers, and over the past couple of days the white cat and Cormorants have started to feature in returns.

Recommended areas are now Buoys Bay towards the harbour just inside the 2M shelf and on some days the Top bay is producing good returns.

Average size of fish at the moment is just over the 2 ½ mark with fish anything up to 5 lbs regularly being weighed in also included in the catches are some fantastically hard fighting Blues, Butterstone’s Brownies are also beginning to show in catches also.

A Few anglers that did well over the past week: Mr Fraser’s boat 7 fish for 21lb 5oz, D Sulc 6 fish for 16lb 4oz all on a cdc dry, J McTurk managed 5 for 13lb 4oz and Messers Smeaton and Gibson weighed in 9 fish for 24lb 12oz, D Auchterlonie weighed in 5 for 17lb 5 and returned a further 9 to a Dunkeld and Shipman’s buzzer. On the Club front Northern Constabulary weighed in 22 fish for 53lb 10oz for 6 boats, Longannet AC landed 13 fish for 31lb 14oz for 3 boats, Fife police had 21 fish for 48lb 14 for 4 boats and Bridge of Allan 25 fish for 62 lb 8oz for 5 boats.

25/08/2008

Tweeddale Millennium Trout Fishery

WEEK ENDING 10TH AUG 2008, MID WEEK SAW VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THE FISHERY WAS FLOODED OUT UNTIL SATURDAY, SUNDAY THEIR WERE LITTLE RAIN FALL AND ANGLERS WERE CATCHING FISH AGAIN IN GOOD NUMBERS. THE KATS WHISKERSA/C HAD A OUTING AND ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS MANAGED TO GET THEIR BAG LIMIT. THEIR WERE NO SET PATTERNS, BLOBS, SPARKLERS, APPS BLOODWORM, HOPPERS WERE A FEW OF THE FLIES USED. FISH HAVE BEEN AVERAGING AROUND 3 TO 6LBS, AND SEVERAL CRACKING BLUE TROUT HAVE BEEN TAKEN, BIGGEST FISH OF THE WEEK WENT TO JOHN MACKIE FROM BERWICK UPON TWEED, IT WAS A RAINBOW WHICH HE RELEASED BACK INTO THE CASTLE POOL, JOHN ADVISES THAT IT WAS JUST UNDER 19LBS. IN ORDER TO KEEP THE FISHERY DISEASE FREE WOULD ALL ANGLERS PLEASE DIP THEIR NETS PRIOR TO FISHING THANKS . BILL TAYLOR FISHERY OWNER WEEK ENDING 17TH AUGUST, AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN OF THE PREVIOUS WEEK THE FISHING HAS PICK UP WELL , FISH ARE FEEDING MORE REGULAR AND MANY MORE ANGLERS ARE ENJOYING SOME EXCELLENT SPORT. THEIR STILL HAS BEEN NO SET PATTERNS BUT BLACK AND GREEN MONTANA, VIVA, NO MADS HAVE TAKEN FISH IN GOOD NUMBERS. OTHER SUCCESSFUL PATTERNS ARE APPS BLOODWORM, SHIPMANS, HOPPERS,DADDIES AND CDC. THE FISH HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP 3FT OF WATER AND ARE FIGHTING VERY HARD. CHICK TELFER HAD HIS BAG LIMIT THEN RELEASED ANOTHER 15, EDDIE PEEDEN HAD 19 ON CATCH/RELEASE AND SEVERAL OTHER ANGLERS HAD WELL OVER 12 FISH. ATTENTION PLEASE NOTE, EVENING SESSIONS WILL FINISH ON FRIDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2008, NEW HOURS OF BUSINESS IS 8AM OPEN UNTIL 5PM CLOSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

24/08/2008

Frandy Fishery

Week Ending 24/8/08

Individual Returns : R Baird (Menstrie) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 2oz and released 2. A Galloway (Tillicoultry) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 7lb 12oz and released 7. J Brown (Dunfermline) kept 2 fish weighing 6lb 7oz. Mr Hunter (Valleyfield) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 9lb. B McRobbie (Tillicoultry) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lb and released 3. R Pedan (Kelty) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lb. N Baird (Stirling) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lb. B Hunter (Dunfermline) kept 5 fish weighing a total of 11lb 8oz. Mr Cunningham (Pitlochry) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 7lb.
Club Returns: Tayside Police A/C kept 3 fish weighing a total of 9lb – heaviest a 4lb 12oz rainbow. Thistle A/C kept 14 fish weighing a total of 34lb. Midlothian A/C kept 19 fish weighing a total of 47lb 12oz. Moncreiffe A/C kept 20 fish weighing a total of 47lb 8oz. Carrongrove FFC kept 6 fish weighing a total of 16lb 10oz – heaviest a 4lb 8oz rainbow. Edinburgh Medical A/C kept 3 fish weighing a total of 6lb 4oz. Cowdenbeath A/C kept 15 fish weighing a total of 33lb.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Sedgehog, Bibio, Bibio Hopper, Varios Buzzers, Daddy Longlegs, Cats Whisker and Olive Fritz Damsel.

Best Areas: No hotspots this week fish getting caught in most areas.


Week Ending 17/8/08
Individual Returns: L Mitchell (Menstrie) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 8lb 14oz. G Bruce (Falkirk) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 8oz. Mr Dunlop (Airdrie) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb. R Westwater (Glasgow) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lb and released 1. D Knight (Dunfermline) kept 9 fish weighing a total of 22lb 6oz. Mr Robertson (Falkirk) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 4oz. W Heuer (Stirling) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 8lb. Mr Laurie (Rait) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lb. Mr Morrison (Fort William) kept 5 fish weighing a total of 10lb 4oz. B Dick (Kinross) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 8lb 12oz. A Donald ( East Kilbride) kept 8 fish weighing a total of 18lb.
Club Returns: Stirling Castle A/C kept 6 fish weighing a total of 13lb 4oz. Clydesdale Bank A/C kept 24 fish weighing a total of 61lb. Brax A/C kept 5 fish weighing a total of 14lb 10oz. Perth Ex-Servicemens A/C kept 10 fish weighing a total of 29lb. Burleigh A/C kept 9 fish weighing a total of 21lb 8oz.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Red Head Damsel, Fritz Damsel, Cats Whisker, Bibio Hopper, Kate Maclaren and Clan Chief.

Best Areas: Dam Wall and South Shore.


Week Ending 10/8/08
Individual Returns: Mr Keith (Dunfermline) kept 8 fish weighing a total of 19lb 8oz. Mr McIntyre (Peebles) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 10lb. Mr McCall (Clackmannan) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 10lb 8oz. Mr Neilson (Stirling) kept 5 fish weighing a total of 14lb 4oz. B Dick (Kinross) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 12lb. R Cleworth (Yetts O Muckhart) kept 1 fish weighing 5lb. B Hunter (Dunfermline) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 9lb 8oz.

Club Returns: Longannet A/C kept 3 fish weighing a total of 7lb 4oz. Caledonian St Andrews A/C kept 5 fish weighing a total of 13lb. Tayside Police A/C kept 4 fish weighing a total of 8lb. Linden FFC kept 11 fish weighing a total of 35lb. Tillicoultry A/C Roslin British Legion A/C kept 7 fish weighing a total of 18lb 4oz. Catch 22 A/C kept 7 fish weighing a total of 16lb 8oz.Tullibody Inn A/C kept 2 fish weighing a total of 6lb 4oz.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Kate Maclaren, Black Pennel, Damsel and various Dancers.

Best Areas: South Shore from fishery lodge to dam wall & the burn mouths.


Week Ending 3/8/08

Individual Returns: Bill Ramage (Tillicoultry) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 14lb 4oz – heaviest a 8lb 4oz rainbow and estimated that he released a further 20. Season Ticket holder R Cleworth kept 2 fish weighing a total of 7lb 14oz – heaviest 4lb 12oz. J Hooper (Kinross) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 9lb 3oz. Mr Keith (Dunfermline) kept 6 fish weighing a total of 15lb. B Dick (Kinross) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 6lb 4oz. Mr Henderson (Uddingston) kept 8 fish weighing a total of 24lb.
Club Returns: Perth Civil Service Club kept 11 fish weighing a total of 17lb 12oz. Last Cast A/C kept 17 fish weighing a total of 47lb 15oz. Kelty Artisans kept 6 fish weighing a total of 19lb – heaviest a 5lb 10oz rainbow. Linlithgow A/C kept 21 fish weighing a total 68lb 14oz. Kirkliston Fly Tiers kept 3 fish weighing a total 10lb 8oz.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Snatchers, Buzzers, Kate Maclaren, Black Pennel, Bibio Hopper and various Dancers.

Best Areas: The fresher weather at the weekend has improved the fishing with fish getting caught in all areas.


Week Ending 27/7/08

Individual Returns: G Keith (Dunfermline) kept 9 fish weighing a total of 22lb 8oz. B Dick (Kinross) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 9lb 8oz. Mr Duprey (Callander) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 11lb 6oz – heaviest a 4lb 10oz rainbow. G Owen (Lothian) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 6lb. Mr Quinn kept 7 fish weighing a total of 14lb 8oz. Mr Robertson kept 3 fish weighing a total of 7lb 1oz. R Pedan (Kelty) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 8oz. R Baird (Menstrie) kept 1 fish weighing 4lb.
Club Returns: Dunfermline A/C kept 8 fish weighing a total of 17lb 10oz. St Serfs Ladies A/C kept 5 fish weighing a total of 15lb 8oz – heaviest 1 5lb 8oz rainbow. Central Scotland Police Club kept 11 fish weighing a total of 26lb 8oz. Weir Pumps A/C kept 6 fish weighing a total of 19lb – heaviest a 5lb 8oz rainbow. Denny & District A/C kept 8 fish weighing a total of 21lb 6oz.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Bibio Hopper, Various CDC Hoppers, Kate Maclaren.

Best Areas: South shore from start of dog leg to dam wall.


Week Ending 20/7/08

Individual Returns: B Dick (Kinross) fishing 2 sessions kept 14 fish weighing a total of 34lb 4oz. R Pedan (Kelty) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 6lb 8oz. R Cleworth (Yetts O Muckhart) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lb 6oz. A MacMillan (Comrie) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 7lb and released a further 4. Mr Grant (Rosyth) kept 4 fish weighing a total of 10lb 6oz. Mr Picken (Edinburgh) kept 7 fish weighing a total of 17lb. J.Paterson (Balado) 3 fish a weighing total of 7lb 8oz.
Club Returns: Perthshire A/C kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 12oz. Edinburgh Trout Anglers kept 35 fish weighing a total of 72lb 15oz Perth Ex-Service A/C kept 16 fish weighing a total of 39lb 4oz.Edinburgh Civil Service A/C kept 16 fish weighing a total of 42lb 1oz. Heriot FP C kept 6 fish weighing a total of 13lb 4oz and released a further 12.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Kate Maclaren, Bibio Hopper, Cormorant, CDC Hoppers, Daddy Longlegs and Mini Muddlers.

Best Areas: Anglers are catching fish in all areas.


Week Ending 13/7/08

Individual Returns: Mr Dick (Kinross) kept 9 fish weighing a total of 19lb 4oz. Mr Love kept 7 fish weighing a total of 18lb 5oz. Mr Copland kept 8 fish weighing a total of 17lb 8oz. Mr Totten kept 3 fish weighing a total of 9lb. A Millar (Perth) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 10oz and released 3. Mr Wiseman (Dollar) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 7lb 1oz. A Reynolds (Aberdalgie) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 8oz and released 10. Mr Grant & Mr Keith (Rosyth) kept 6 fish weighing a total of 15lb. Mr McInroy (Perth) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 6lb. Mr Philliban(Stenhousemuir) 4 fish weighing a total of 14lb. Mr Brown (Edinburgh) kept 8 fish weighing a total of 19lb 8oz. L Wilson (Blackford) kept 9 fish weighing a total of 19lb 12oz.
Club Returns: Tillicoultry A/C kept 24 fish weighing a total of 65lb 10oz. Weir Pumps A/C kept 17 fish weighing a total of 49lb 4oz. Stanley & District A/C kept 27 fish weighing a total of 64lb 3oz..

Favourite Fly/Lure: Kate Maclaren, CDC Hoppers, Bibio Hopper and various Snatchers.

Best Areas: North Shore from the top of the dogleg to the dam wall.


Week Ending 6/7/08


Individual Returns: A MacMillan (Comrie) kept 5 fish weighing a total of 12lb 8oz. Mr Dick (Kinross) kept 10 fish weighing a total of 24lb 10z. Mr Clapperton (Alva) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lb 8oz. Mr Fox (Edinburgh) kept 7 fish weighing a total of 17lb 8oz. Mr Langley (Carlisle) kept 7 fish weighing a total of 15lb. Mr Lawson (Carlisle) kept 11 fish weighing a total of 24lb 12oz. Dr Penny (Comrie) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 5lob. Mr Pollock kept 4 fish weighing a total of 11lb 8oz – heaviest 5lb 4oz. J Carlaw(Kinghorn) kept 2 fish weighing a total of 4lb 8oz.
Club Returns: Kincordie FFC kept 11 fish weighing a total of 27lb 8oz. Edinburgh Walton A/C kept 22 fish weighing a total of 47lb 14oz. Grangemouth A/C kept 38 fish weighing a total of 88lb 11oz. Longridge F/C kept 8 fish weighing a total of 8lb. Kelty Artisans kept 3 fish weighing a total of 6lb 8oz. Aberfeldy A/C kept 16 fish weighing a total of 36lb 4oz.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Kate Maclaren, Snatchers, Black Pennel, Bibio and Bibio Hoppers.

Best Areas: North Shore from the valve tower to the Dow Burn at the top end of the dogleg.



Week Ending 29/6/08
Individual returns: D Hunter (Plean) kept 3 fish weighing 7lb 8oz. R Paterson (Stirling) kept 2 fish weighing 6lb. Mr Wiseman (Dollar) kept 2 fish weighing 6lb 12oz. B.Dick and J Hooper (Kinross) kept 9 fish weighing 18lb 4oz. E Reid & partner (Irvine) kept 12 fish weighing 29lb 12oz. Mr Osbourne (Irvine ) kept 5 fish weighing 10lb 12oz. C Low (Auchterarder) kept 5 fish weighing 14lb 8oz – heaviest 4lb 8oz. Mr Campbell (Stirling) kept 2 fish weighing 6lb 8oz. G Milne (Alyth) kept 5 fish weighing 10lb 2oz. P.McIntosh (Newtonmore) kept 3 fish weighing a total of 9lb.
Club Returns: Auchenhowie A/C Kept 4 fish weighing a total of 9lb 8oz. Leslie Llanilar A/C kept 7 fish weighing a total of 17lb 12oz. Aberdour A/C kept 31 fish weighing a total of 68lb 15oz. Newmarket A/C kept 14 fish weighing a total of 33lb 4oz. Tullibole A/C kept 15 fish weighing a total of 39lb 8oz.

Favourite Fly/Lure: Yelow and Coral Dancers, Muddlers, Cormorant, Kate Maclaren and various cdc hoppers.

Best Areas: All areas

22/07/2008

Swanswater Fishery

SWANSWATER FISHERY

Fishing Report – 13.07.08-19.07.08

Two superb big Browns were landed from Swanswater in a week which saw a definite improvement in conditions and returns. Plenty of big fish were also seen cruising near the surface and several anglers reported losing biggies. One angler, from Newcastle, landed a Tench estimated at around 4lb on a small black hopper fished on the surface. The no catch and release rule on Swanswater was waived so that this lovely specimen could be safely returned to the water.
Buzzers and Bloodworm have been doing well all week with CDC, Daddy Long Legs, Muddler, Hare’s Ear and Snatcher also popular at various times. Black was predominately the favourite colour. The fishing was best morning and evening with the afternoons being somewhat harder. Most fish were taken just under the surface although occasionally anglers were having to use small lures and go just a little bit deeper.

Chris Armstrong, Airth, took the biggest Brown of the season to date in his 3 for 16lb 6oz including 2 Browns, bigger one at 10lb 7oz
George Reid, Glasgow, also had a big Brownie in his 3 for 14lb 8oz including 9lb 12oz Brown
Other good catches included Willie Walker, Larbert, 7lb 6oz Blue
Charles Devine, Stirling, 4 for 14lb from the Millpond including 7lb Rainbow, a Brown and a Blue
Davie Quinn, Dunfermline, 3 for 11lb 9oz including 5lb Blue
Paul Christie, Alloa, 5 for 14lb including 2 Blues and a Brown
John Walker, Stirling, 5 for 14lb
Richard Johnston, Falkirk, 5 for 13lb 8oz including 2 Blues and a Gold
Brian Lockie, fishing from his float tube, 5 for 13lb 4oz including 2 Blues and a Brown
Sandy Davidson, Bridge of Allan, 4 for 11lb 12oz including a Blue
Joe Corr, Alloa, 4 Blues for 11lb 10oz
John Score, Alloa, 2 for 6lb 8oz including a Blue

16/05/2008

Drumclog Fishery

we are now fishing at a higher standard as the place has been re-furbished with our own stock tanks giving us the option to stock every day if needed.we have been fishing good on fly and bait also robert tam and both kenny's have been running at a very high standard of fly fishing catching upwards of 8-10 fish per day with a few double figured fish included mso i still say that we are still the best bet for a good day fishing come along and try us



thanks jim

04/06/2007

Moffat Fishery

SUPERB” fishing at Moffat, with some excellent top of the water sport.

G Grear, L Smith and D Mills from Newcastle had an excellent few days releasing around 130 fish including a couple of rainbow’s at 17lb and 13lb.
G Grear had an exceptionally good week. Mr Grear taken 5 fish for 27.1lb and released a further 71 fish. The pattern’s used were cdc shuttlecock’s (with a buzzer on a dropper around 18 inches from the cdc.) and a Hares ear (size 18). Mr Grear commented – “FANTASTIC FISHING!!”. L Smith taken 2 fish for 11lb 1oz and released a further 27. Mr Smith commented – “BRILLIANT”. D Mills taken 2 fish for 10lb 5oz and released 26 fish. Mr Mills commented – “SUPERB FISHING”
M McVeigh taken 2 fish for 6 ½ lb, the pattern used was buzzers.
Jim McCaig and Jim Boardman from Dalbeattie taken 6 fish for 19.21lb, the pattern used was a Green Damsel.
D Nesbitt taken 2 fish for 6.4lb, the pattern used was a damsel. J Daly taken 2 fish for 6.2lb, the pattern used was a damsel. J Wilson taken 3 fish for 8lb 8oz on a zonker.
Mr Dunsmore taken 4 fish for 11lb 8oz.
Eck Moffat had a good day releasing 10 fish with weights up to 6lb. The method used by Eck was stalking. Eck commented “ONE OF THE BEST STOCKED WATERS AROUND.”
R McDonald released over 15 fish averaging at around 3lb.
Mr Welsh released 9 fish, with the largest estimated at 9lb, the pattern used was a Black Peacock Spider.
Ian Hayhoe from Carlisle released 5 fish with estimated weights form 3 – 5lb, the pattrerns used were buzzers.
I Ford from Hamilton released 8 fish on buzzers and dancers.
B Armstrong from Lockerbie released over 15 fish this week including a 12lb rainbow and a 5lb blue.

Top patterns this week are:

CDC Shuttlecocks
Damsel
Brown Buzzer

For more up to date info on what's catching, please call the fishery on 01683 221220

24/04/2007

Glensherup Fisheries

Saturday, 11th, March, 2006, saw the first Club outing of the season. Rainbow A/C from Glenrothes had seven boats out on a lovely day, they managed to catch 31 fish for a combined weight of 59 lbs. Some of the team caught their limit and returned around twenty fish. Despite the cold water the fish were not very deep and were taking mostly lures, black and green fritz, orange blob. Some anglers who had their limit also had great sport on small buzzers.

Saturday, 25th March, Newmarket A/C from Edinburgh, had six boats out and caught 22 fish with a combined weight of 44 lbs. Best fish of the day was a 5lb overwintered rainbow. Once again the fish are showing on the surface, but the recent heavy rain has slightly coloured the water but doesn't seem to be bothering the fish.

Saturday, 8th, April, Seafield A/C had six boats out and returned with 33 fish for a weight of 59lbs. Sunday, 9th, April, Moniefieth A/C had nine boats out and caught 42 fish with a weight of 75 lbs. Willie Meldrum one of Moniefieths members thought he had scored when hooked a monster only to discover at the net he had foul hooked a 15lb plus Pike, the Pike had previously been hooked as it had a lot of nylon round it. Willie thought before returning the fish he would cut of the old nylon. Whilst in the boat the Pike swung round a bit Willies hand causing several nasty puncture wounds.
There's gratitude for you. Most of the fish are being caught at the Burn end of the Loch on various lures, favourites are Dawsons Olive, yellow dancer.

AlexanderFFC had10 boats out last week and had47 fish for a weight of 85lbs. Curly Wilson (Cowdenbeath) had 6 fish for 12lbs. Neil McInnes (Glasgow) and his father had 10 fish for 21lbs. Cowdenbeath A/C had 10 boats out and caught a total of 39 fish for 82lbs. The water clarity has improved greatly and buzzers are the main killing fly, flexi floss with red/orange cheeks. On the lure side its mainly the hot head Damsel and Orange fritz.

This week saw Kinglassie A/C out with 4 boats they had 22 fish for 39lbs. Stanley A/C had 6 boats out and caught 31 fish for 52 lbs. Colin Smith and his boat partner caught 7 fish for 12lbs. With the weather warming up a bit there have been some good hatches of buzzers. Again the best catches have been comming at the Burn end of the Loch.

Over the past few days the weather has not been the best, but, the last two weeks saw 53 rods out in total and they caught 110 fish weighing 205lbs. Most fish have been caught on Ace of Spades, Yellow Dancer, black and green Fritz.

Once again the last two weeks have been quiet due to the World Cup. Around 50 rods have been out the past two weeks and the best fish caught so far was a fine 6 pounder. The average weight is still around the 2 lb mark, the fish are high in the water despite the sun and are taking Hoppers etc.

Whats this? TOP GEAR AT GLENSHERUP. Last week it was dead when all of a sudden a group of blokes arrived, did they want fishing, no. It was Jeremy Clarkson and a film crew wanting to use the Loch as a backdrop for an episode of Top Gear to be shown in the Autumn. So a rather boring day turned into an interesting one. So we hope that now the World Cup is nearly over the couch potatoes will get the rods out.

Apologies for the lack of updates, this was due my PC failing to work properly. During the rest of the ummer due to the excessive rise in water temp. the fish went down deep some over 50 feet making conditions to say the least difficult.
Mid September saw the water temp come back to normal and the fish came up. Several rods managed their bag limits up to the end of October. All in all a good season for sun bathing......not for fishing.

NEW SEASON

April, started off well compared to last year, some of the club returns are as follows....Newmarket A/C from Edinburgh had 5 boats and took 35 fish for a weight of 65lbs. Edinburgh City Fly Fishers 5 boats and took 36 fish for 63 lbs. Moniefieth A/C had 7 boats and took 40 fish for a weight of 71lbs Dunfermline Artisans had 7 boats and took 38 fish for 66lbs. Seafield A/C had 6 boats and took 40 fish for 73lbs. Thats the club returns up to date.

Best areas at the moment are long drift down far bank fishing close in to the Margins, intermediate lines are the preferred method at the moment. Some excellent overwintered fish have been caught near the Burn mouth at the top end of the loch. Best flies are Cats Whisker, Damsel Nymph, yellow dancers.

13/03/2007

Morayflyfishing and Glen of Rothes Trout Fishery

January 8, 2006
Some found it tough this week and some had good numbers of fish mainly due to temperatures dropping very quickly,sending fish down to the bottom,where intermediate lines and sinking lines were needed to get to them.Lures were the main fly and buzzers di show now and again but nothing like they have done in past weeks.Zander Christie had 11 fish,Brian Christie Jnr had 15 and 12 fish,Andy Taylor had 11 ,D Leech had 17,Ewen MacDonald had 15,Duncan McKenzie had 12,Stuart Hayden had 18,Mark Cormack 11 John McKenzie 10 and Jim Boyle had 10 fish.Main loch is open with plenty of water for fishing and the small loch was opening but hard frost saw it ice again.Temperatures this week will dictate how well it opens but the main loch will remain open all the time.
march 13th 2007
Fishing has been excellent over the past few weeks with top class quality fish being caught.Many of them Blues and all over the 4lb mark upto 7lbs.other good fish into double fugures have been caught aswell and are fighting hard.Now there is warmer weather fish are quite high in the water and it wont be long before they are taking off the top and its only wind which is keeping them just below the surface and buzzers slowly retrieved are producing exciting sport which anglers are enjoying.Some days when the weather is not so kind lures are needed but dont fish too deep as you will go way past them.new disabled platforms are now up and we are looking forward to a good years fishing.Competition dates are up and booking early is advised.

21/11/2006

Cwm Hedd Lakes

Cwm Hedd Fishing Report, to November 5th 2006

Varying patterns this week;bright,cold conditions and changeable wind directions have meant a good chance to land fish off any peg. Regular angler and Cwm Hedd guru Ken Pascoe took out his float tube and netted a 3lb rainbow plus a second 3lb off the bank, and 3 in Lodge Pond.
Mike Rogers from Machen bagged one for lunch and released a further 3 on black buzzers-nice chat about the different methods of growing mussels too!
Mike Bevan took home four from the main lake on montanas,damsels and hares ears and Margaret Allen brought in four on the lodge pond on white tadpoles.

24/05/2006

Howwood Trout Fishery

week ending Sunday 21st May 2006 - It’s been a great week for big fish with two 20-pound rainbows being caught and released. Jim Black from Spateston took the biggest at 22 pounds on a Hare lug nymph and young Joe Woods landed a cracker of 20lbs on a Damsel. Judging by the number of flies stuck in their mouths these big rainbows had been hooked and lost before by a few unlucky anglers.

Other good catches were Ally Lamb with 4 to 7lb, John Bicker from Kilmaurs returned 10 and son Graham released 6 J Cunningham weighed in 2 for 10-4 the biggest at 8-4, Graham Steele from Paisley returned 8, Eddie Chorley from Johnstone had 3 for 6-4, Bearsden angler Ian McArthur released 20, Scott McFarland returned 6,

D Thomson took 5 for 10-7, R Calderwood from Glasgow had 5 for 10-4 and J Thompson weighed 5 for 10-7.

Top flies last week were CDC’s, Millenium bug, Hot head damsels, Olive and black buzzers, Hare lugs and Diawl bachs.

Next Howwood Fly Fishers competition will be on Saturday 3rd June 9-00 to 4-00.

Usual catch and release rules apply.

Tel John on 01505 702 688 or visit www.howwoodtroutfishery.co.uk